Three Crossings Pony Express Station Site Photos, 1870 & 1961

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Three Crossings XP Station Photo by WH Jackson, c. 1870

Name/Title

Three Crossings Pony Express Station Site Photos, 1870 & 1961

Entry/Object ID

P1974.9.34

Description

Three Crossings Pony Express Station Site Drawing & Photo, 1870 & 1961. Copy of a photo taken of the station in 1870 taken by W.H. Jackson and another photo taken in 1961 of the site where the station stood. b/w 74.9.34A = Photo of corral with palisaded log walls, tow men standing in front, with one man on scaffold. Built against rock hill. Row of white tents in the background. Legend: "Three Crossings Station (Wyo.) View to westward shows Three Crossings Canyon in distance behind watch tower. Wagon traveler's tents can be seen at left. Also note post of the Pioneer Transcontinental Telegraph line at right. Photograph probably by W.H. Jackson in early 1870''s." 74.9.34B = Landscape of grass and sagebrush with rock mounds in distance. Metal pole marker in foreground. Legend:" A 1961 view of the Three Crossings Station site. (Wyo.) Scattered rock from buildings and stubs of posts seen in photograph of original station are marked by metal post placed at this and other Wyoming and Nebraska sites by centennial trail historians Clark Bishop and Paul Henderson." old digital file name: WYThreeCrossingsStation-WYThreeCrossingsStation2.

Made/Created

Artist

Reynolds, Don

Date made

1961

Place

State/Province

Wyoming

Notes

Early Date: 1961

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pony express

Search Terms

Pony Express Station, Three Crossings Pony Express Station

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6" X 9.¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

W.H. Jackson

Provenance

Notes

Photo taken by SJM staff photographer 1870 photo by W.H. Jackson